{"id":131331,"date":"2023-01-20T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143864"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:45:00","slug":"gulikits-hall-joystick-promises-to-eliminate-drifing-for-your-switch-joy-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/20\/gulikits-hall-joystick-promises-to-eliminate-drifing-for-your-switch-joy-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulikit&#8217;s &#8216;Hall Joystick&#8217; Promises To Eliminate Drifing For Your Switch Joy-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/800ad8f704b1c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/800ad8f704b1c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"FgsJ5RXLMrw\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gaming accessory company Gulikit has released a new <strong>&#8216;Hall Joystick&#8217;<\/strong> for Switch Joy-Con controllers, promising no drifting or wear and tear with easy &#8220;drop in&#8221; installation.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re currently in the process of procuring a set for ourselves, so look out for our verdict in the near future, but for now you can check out the product for yourself via the link at the bottom of the article. The Hall Joystick itself costs <strong>$29.70 \/ \u00a329.70<\/strong>, but that might be worth it for the reassurance that drifting may become a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<p>While Gulikit states that installation is easy with &#8220;no hassles&#8221;, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulikit.com\/productinfo\/945307.html\">official website<\/a> also clarifies that the replacement joystick is for repair purposes only, and you&#8217;ll need to make sure that you have the relevant repair skills before you purchase a set.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"GuliKit Hall Joystick 2\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ddb2737b2bfe\/gulikit-hall-joystick-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMjYyIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"262\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0ddb2737b2bfe\/gulikit-hall-joystick-2.445x.jpg\" alt=\"GuliKit Hall Joystick 2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"GuliKit Hall Joystick 3\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5125c0e8a3fa0\/gulikit-hall-joystick-3.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NDUgMjY1Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"265\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5125c0e8a3fa0\/gulikit-hall-joystick-3.445x.jpg\" alt=\"GuliKit Hall Joystick 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Gulikit<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Recent reviews on Amazon appear to confirm that, yes, these are completely legit and work with no issues, so it might be worth looking into if you&#8217;ve burned your way through multiple Joy-Con controllers in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/advertising\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-products article-products-list\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item\" data-product-id=\"22203\">\n<div class=\"image\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendolife.com\/p\/22203\/143864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/products\/22203\/100x100.jpg?v=cc524ff8da353265617fe6e8eed5792e\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" alt=\"AKNES Gulikit Hall Sensing Joystick Replacement for JoyCon (2-Pack)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Will you be looking to purchase the Gulikit Hall Joystick, or are you happy with your Joy-Con as they are? Let us know with a comment!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Gaming accessory company Gulikit has released a new &#8216;Hall Joystick&#8217; for Switch Joy-Con controllers, promising no drifting or wear and tear with easy &#8220;drop in&#8221; installation. We&#8217;re currently in the process of procuring a set for ourselves, so look out for our verdict in the near future, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}